tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post3955153981475074334..comments2015-03-30T17:22:03.035-07:00Comments on amor mundi: Depoliticized Technology, Repoliticizing TechnologyDale Carriconoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-87908335791327778032007-11-07T10:37:00.000-08:002007-11-07T10:37:00.000-08:00> Too often people use the word "technology" to me...> Too often people use the word "technology" to mean<BR/>> instead something like the use of implements by some<BR/>> (sometimes a small minority) to disregard, control,<BR/>> marginalize, oppress, exploit others (sometimes a large<BR/>> majority). This is what people often really mean when<BR/>> they claim to be "anti-technology" in a general way.<BR/><BR/>"What we call Man's power [over Nature] is, in reality,<BR/>a power possessed by some men which they may, or may not,<BR/>allow other men to profit by. Again, as regards the powers<BR/>manifested in the aeroplane or the wireless, Man is as<BR/>much the patient or subject as the possessor, since he<BR/>is the target both for bombs and for propaganda. . .<BR/>From this point of view, what we call Man's power over<BR/>Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men<BR/>over other men with Nature as its instrument."<BR/><BR/>-- c. S. Lewis, _The Abolition of Man_<BR/>http://www.columbia.edu/cu/augustine/arch/lewis/abolition3.htmjfehlingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04975754342950063440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-82599833916079106542007-11-07T10:32:00.000-08:002007-11-07T10:32:00.000-08:00Great post! More please.Great post! More please.De Thezierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01496647346219341625noreply@blogger.com